Marc Bekoff

Marc Bekoff (literati.net/Bekoff) "is Professor of Biology at the University of Colorado, Boulder, and is a Fellow of the Animal Behavior Society and a former Guggenheim Fellow. In 2000 he was awarded the Exemplar Award from the Animal Behavior Society for major long-term contributions to the field of animal behavior. He and Jane Goodall co-founded the organization Ethologists for the Ethical Treatment of Animals in 2000 (www.ethologicalethics.org). Marc has published more than 200 papers and 18 books including Minding animals: Awareness, emotions, and heart and The ten trusts: What we must do to care for the animals we love (with Jane Goodall).He has edited a three volume Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior (Greenwood Publishing Group, 2004), and a collection of his essays title Animal Passions and Beastly Virtues: Reflections of Redecorating Nature was published by Temple University Press (2006). He is currently writing a book on the evolution of cooperation and morality in animals titled Wild Justice and Fair Play: Cooperation, Forgiveness, and Morality in Animals (for the University of Chicago Press) and a book titled The Emotional Lives of Animals for New World Library. Marc is also editing a four-volume encyclopedia on human-animal relationships for Greenwood Publishing Group."

"Marc Bekoff is Professor Emeritus of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Colorado, Boulder, and is a Fellow of the Animal Behavior Society and a former Guggenheim Fellow. In 2000 he was awarded the Exemplar Award from the Animal Behavior Society for major long-term contributions to the field of animal behavior. Marc is also regional coordinator for Jane Goodall's Roots & Shoots program, in which he works with students of all ages, senior citizens and prisoners, and also is a member of the Ethics Committee of the Jane Goodall Institute. He and Jane co-founded the organization Ethologists for the Ethical Treatment of Animals: Citizens for Responsible Animal Behavior Studies in 2000. Marc is on the Board of Directors of The Fauna Sanctuary, The Cougar Fund, the Skyline Sanctuary and Education Center, and on the advisory board for Animal Defenders, the Laboratory Primate Advocacy Group, the conservation organization SINAPU, and the Foundation for Mythological Studies. He has been part of the international program, Science and the Spiritual Quest II and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) program on Science, Ethics, and Religion. Marc is also an honorary member of Animalisti Italiani and Fundacion Altarriba, and on the Scientific Review Board of the Great Ape Trust. In 2006 Marc was named a Fellow of the Dancing Star Foundation, an honorary board member of Rational Animal, and a patron of the Captive Animals' Protection Society. In 2005 Marc was presented with The Bank One Faculty Community Service Award for the work he has done with children, senior citizens, and prisoners."


 * Director, Cougar Fund